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PATENTED PEB. 9,1904.

R. G. PURST.

HAMMOGK.

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NO MODEL.

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Patented February 9, 1904. l

.PATENT Gruen.

RICHARD C. FURST, OF BURLINGTQN, NEW JERSEY.

HAIVINIOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,907, dated February9, 1904.

Application iled August 8, 1903.

To a/ZZ' whom t may concern:

Be it known thatI, RicnAnD C. Funs'r, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Burlington, New Jersey, have invented certainImprovements in Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

AMy invention relates to hammocks; and it consists of certainimprovements in the supports for the body of the hammock or the bodyitself whereby I am enabled to provide a hammock having a support forthe back when the hammock is occupied by a person sitting in atransverse position.

My invention is fully shown in the accompanying drawings, in which`Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the hammock stretched out to itsfull length in the position it occupies when suspended by the usualrings. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line ac, Fig. l. Fig. 3is a plan view of a portion of the structure, and Fig. 4 is a viewillustrating a modified structure em-` bodying my invention.

As ordinarily constructed the suspending cords or clues of a hammock areall of the same length, producing when the hammock is stretched its fulllength the usual cradle, having a cross-section in the shape of ahorseshoe. While a hammock constructed in this manner is comfortableenough when the person occupying the same is lying down stretched outfull length, there is very little comfort and more or less difficultyexperienced when occupying the hammock in a transverse position.Ordinary hammocks provideno back-support, and in order to make as nearan approach thereto as possible one edge or side of the hammock ispulled around and adjusted at the neck of the occupant. Thisarrangement, however, is generally unsatisfactory, and it is for thepurpose of overcoming this more or less serious diiiiculty common withall hammocks that I have devised the structure forming the sub# ject ofmy invention and embodied in this present application.

The body of the hammock is represented at l and may be of any suitablematerialhfor instance, the ordinary woven hammock made from a singlecord, or it vmay be what is familiarly known as a Lh/IeXican-grass ham-Serial No. 168,772. (No model.)

mock. In all forms of hammocks thebody is vsecured to rings or othermembers 2 by cords or clues, (indicated at 3 in the present instance,)but differing from the usual arrangement, in which the connecting cordsor clues are all of the same length. I provide a series of clues, someof which are of different lengths, one portion preferably decreasingtheir lengths in a definite ratio.

The object of my invention being to provide a back for the occupant ofthe hammock when sitting in a transverse position, I therefore arrangethe cords 3 for the portion indicated by the bracket A, graduallydecreasing in length from a point approximately at the center of thehammock to one of the side edges of the same. This will shorten thisedge and raise the body of the hammock to the position shown in Fig. 2.To provide a proper seat for the occupant, a certain portion of thecords 3 are of the same length-those, for instance, inclosed by thebracket B-and for the'purpose of making a slight edge at the other sideof the hammock to catch under the bend of the knee and form a brace forthe same a few of the cords on the other edge of the hammock (indicatedby the bracket C) are Y shortened in a deiinite ratio. This gives thehammock a shape clearly shown by the cross- -sectional view, Fig. 2,providing a convenient seat and affording a comfortable and propersupport for the back and a brace for the knees.

Instead of shortening .the cords or clues 3 in the manner as noted inFigs. l, 2, and 3 I may provide, as in Fig. 4, cords or clues 3a of thesame length and slierten up in proper ratio thereto the body ln of thehammock, as indicated by the brackets D and E. It will be understood,however, that such a structure unless made of closely-woven fabric ismore diiiicult of construction than one in which the adjustment is madeby means of definitelyshortened cords or clues 3. In some instances Imay arrange the cords or clues with a special device or with means forshortening the same in definite ration, whereby the back-support may beformed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patentl. The combination in a hammock of the IOO body portion,forming one element, and a series of clues connected to said body at theopposite ends thereof and forming the other element, one of saidelements being shortened a certain distance in respect to the other on aline extending across the hammock, ywhereby said hammock when in useprovides support for the back.

2. In a hammock, the combination of the body, and a series of cords orclues connected thereto and arranged in graduated lengths for a certaindistance on a line extending across the body of the hammock, sucharrangement serving to shorten one side of said body. y

8. In ahammock, the combination of abody, and a series of cords or cluesof different lengths secured thereto, the cords or clues being shortenedfrom one side to the other of said body in different ratio, on a lineextending across the body of the hammock.

' 4. The combination in a hammock, of the body portion, a series ofclues connected thereto, and means for shortening one portion of thebody of said hammock in a delinite ratio on a line extending across thehammock to form a back-support.

-5. The combination in a hammock, of the body portion, a series of cluesconnected thereto, and means for shortening portions of the body of saidhammock in definite ratio on lines extending from the sides or edges ofthe same, to form a support for the back and brace for the knees.

6. The combination in a hammock, of the body, a series of cluesconnected to the opposite ends of same, said clues being arranged insections, a section on one side being graduated in length from a pointat the edge to a point near the center of the body to form aback-support, and another section being of uniform length and forming aseat-support.

7 The combination in a hammock, of the body, a series of clues connectedto the opposite ends of same, said clues being arranged in sections, asection on one side being graduated in length from a point at the edgeto a point near the center of the body to form a back-support, a centralsection of uniform length forming a seat portion, and another sectionhaving two or more clues shortened in regular order to form a brace torest under the knees of the occupant.

In testimony WhereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence otWo subscribing Witnesses.

RICHARD C. FURST.

Witnesses:

CHAs. P. SMITH, P. H. SMITH.

